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Dante Demon Killah wrote: Maybe a retcon ? They can just ignore Dante being serious/emotionless in DMC2

I still believe that the fifth game takes place after the second, we have some clues, Dante arriving by motorcycle, looking older, and being missing

Remember those supposed spoilers that had been related to the fifth game? So far none have been wrong, and it was said that Dante would be more serious in DMC5 They would be ignoring a lot of things in DMC2 if it was set before DMC5. For one thing, Dante's Rebellion looks very different in DMC2, while in DMC5 it mostly looks the same. And when we say 'more serious', it can refer to him fighting seriously (there's a scan of him using Sparda here), not him having the serious and unemotional personality of DMC2. In his short motorcycle scene, it's shown at least that he's still fun-loving. Plus, as stated multiple times, DMC5 is a direct sequel to DMC4. If it happened after DMC2, then the devs should've stated it's a direct sequel of that game but they didn't. Retconning stuff will not benefit the series at this point and DMC5 may shed light as to why Dante acts that way in DMC2. Maybe every ally he has dies? But it's my personal theory that Dante fully embraces his demon side in 5, which is why he looks young again in 2.